Ash-tray



J. F. DOWNEY.

ASH TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE IT, 1920- 1,372, 124:, Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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JOHN F. DO'WNEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOB TO UNIVERSAL ASH 'TRAY COMPANY INC., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE- ISLAND. A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

ASH-TRAY.

Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed June 17, 1920. Serial No. 889,778.

To all wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. Downer, a citizen of the United States, residin at Providence, in the county of Provi ence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined ashtray and ci arette-extinguishing device, and has for its 0 ject to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character which ma serve as a table ornament and also as an as receiver, the same comprising a base havin one or more holes in its face, of a size an depth to receive the li hted end of a cigarette, whereby when pFaced therein the re will be at once smothered and so extinguished.

A further object of the invention is the rovision of a removable bushing in the Eores of the base whereby the bushing which forms a cup, may be readily removed to clean and dlschar e the ashes therefrom.

By the use of this device any desired number of cigarette-receiving pockets may be formed in a single ash-tray or base.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is taken in connection with the accompan ing drawings, the invention residing in t e combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this s ecification, like numerals of reference inicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure 1 is a sectional elevation on line 1--1 of Fig. 2, showing my improved ash traiy.

ig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one of the bushings removed from the ash tray or base.

Fi 4 is a sectional view illustrating a portion of an ash tray, showing the hole in the base portion thereof which is ada ted to receive and smother the lighted on of a cigarette.

As is well known by cigarette smokers a lighted cigarette upon being laid down in a tray or elsewhere, continues to burn until the whole is consumed, which often is very objectionable and annoying particularly to the non-smokers in the room.

It is also well known that considerable manipulation is usually required in order to extingulsh a li hted cigarette. Therefore it is found desira is to provide means whereby the cigarette may be readily extinguished without efi'ort on the part of the smoker, which result is accomplished by simply placing the lighted end of the cigarette into any one of the holes provided in the base for this pur ose.

he following is a detailed description of one meansb whichthis extinguishing efl'ect mayrbe rea ily accomplished 1th reference to the drawings, 10 designates the base member of an ash tray or receiver, which may be formed of a block of any material and in any desired form, which block may if desired, be provided with a central recess 11 in which is set a removable lining 12 of metal glass or other suitable material, and this block or base member may also be provided with a plurality of radially-disposed grooves 13 which are adapted to serve as rests or supports for partially smoked 01 are.

have also shown this block as being provided with a plurality of holes 14 into each of which is set a thimble-shaped bushing 15 having a central bore 16 of substantially the diameter of a cigarette and of a suitable depth to receive and support the lighted end of a cigarette therein so that when this lighted end is deposited into this recess the fire is at once smothered and extinguished.

These bushin preferably fit loosel into the holes in the lock and are rovide each with a head portion 17 where y it ma be readily removed to discharge the ashes w ich may collect therein. Then again this bushing is preferably made of lass or metal so that it will not burn or char y repeated contact with the fire of the cigarette.

By the use of my improved base member any number of cigarette-receiving pockets may be rovided and this base may also serve, as illustrated in Fig. 2, for receiving ashes from cigars, and pipes as well as from. ci rettes.

do not wish to be restricted to the provision of a bushin placed in the holes in the base block as t e bore of these holes in the block may be of a size to substantially fit a cigarette, as illustrated at 18 in Fig. 4, if desired.

The device is extremely sim 1e and inexpensive in construction and e ective in its operation inasmuch as the li hted end of a (:1 arette may be readily positioned therein, w ich operation uickly chokes, smothers and extinguishes t e same, without further attention on the part of the user and when a thimble-shaped bushing is empioyed it may be made of non-inflammable material such as glass or metal to be readily removed for the purpose of discharging the ashes deposited therein.

The foregoing description is directed solely toward the construction illustrated,

but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to'which the device is susce tible, the invention being defined and limited onl by the terms of the appended claim.

claim:

An ash tray comprising a base recessed to receive ashes and provided with a hole of a substantial depth in its face, said hole having a closed bottom portion and said hole being of a diameter to approximately fit and adapted to receive the lighted end of a. cigarette so that said end will engage the bottom of the hole to smother and at once extinguish the fire therein.

In testimony whereof I aiiix m si ature.

JOHN F. D W EY. 

